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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapter 16 ("A Winged Steed") through Chapter 18 ("Repairs and Fortifications").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what does the family discover on Shark Island after they have left the antelope there for several months?
(a) The antelope have eaten all of their fruit trees.
(b) The antelope have had a number of babies.
(c) There is an enormous snake on the island preying on the antelope.
(d) There is a spring where the antelope can get fresh water.

2. Why does the narrator collect sap from the euphorbia tree?
(a) He intends to use it to poison monkeys.
(b) It is delicious when boiled down into a sugar.
(c) He will use it to make turpentine.
(d) He will use it to make pitch for waterproofing the pinnace.

3. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what important date does the family celebrate?
(a) The ten-year anniversary of the family's conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism.
(b) The sixteen-year anniversary of the narrator and Elizabeth's marraige.
(c) Elizabeth's thirty-fifth birthday.
(d) The one-year anniversary of their stranding on the island.

4. How old is Franz at the beginning of the story?
(a) 4 1/2.
(b) Almost 6.
(c) His age is not given.
(d) 8.

5. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what does the family do with the corpse of the creature that killed one of their animals and put the family in danger?
(a) They haul it to a pit and bury it.
(b) The butcher and eat it.
(c) They bury it at sea.
(d) They stuff it and display it in their home.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what plan does Elizabeth object to?

2. When Elizabeth learns that they are alone on the ship, what is her response?

3. What do the narrator and his wife decide the family's first priority should be?

4. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," which animal ends up being the "casualty" of the chapter title?

5. What fortunate discovery does Jack make while they are hollowing out a cave from the rock?

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